Stormy Weather

[BBMmk2]

65F today! Brr! might get some rain today as well. We certainly need it, though.

[Serial_Apologist]

Lots of lightning and thunder around here in the past 3 hours, though the storms either passed to either side of us, or had downgraded into ordinary rain and hail showers by the time they got here. Now the sun is shining, but I've left it too late for my daily cycle ride, not wanting to get all mixed up in the post-school rushes. They don't get much time off for hols these days, do they?

[BBMmk2]

Your having a laugh there SA! :) Schools seem to have more time of these days!

Rather a mixed bag today. Sunny, cloudy and a hail shower thrown in!

[teamsaint]

Lots of lightning and thunder around here in the past 3 hours, though the storms either passed to either side of us, or had downgraded into ordinary rain and hail showers by the time they got here. Now the sun is shining, but I've left it too late for my daily cycle ride, not wanting to get all mixed up in the post-school rushes. They don't get much time off for hols these days, do they?

No. Hampshire finish on Tuesday July 25, and restart on Monday Sept 4th.

The last two days school in July strike me as being utterly pointless.

[Petrushka]

Your having a laugh there SA! :) Schools seem to have more time of these days!

When I was at school in the 1960s we had three weeks off at Easter, six in Summer and two at Christmas.

Talking of Christmas it's been colder here today and for the past couple of days than during most of the winter. A truly vicious cold wind on Monday, a couple of heavy showers both yesterday and today while the temperature hasn't made double figures at all this week. The ground is rock hard so gardeners will be wanting some serious rain. Let's hope we don't get it during June and July!

[Serial_Apologist]

When I was at school in the 1960s we had three weeks off at Easter, six in Summer and two at Christmas.

Talking of Christmas it's been colder here today and for the past couple of days than during most of the winter. A truly vicious cold wind on Monday, a couple of heavy showers both yesterday and today while the temperature hasn't made double figures at all this week. The ground is rock hard so gardeners will be wanting some serious rain. Let's hope we don't get it during June and July!

Unfortunately, the record is one of dry springs followed by wet summers.

[doversoul1]

I can’t remember when we last had rain but it’s so cold that I am watering the garden wearing my woolly hat. It doesn't feel quite right.

[BBMmk2]

Certainly is colder at the moment here. My body temperature has been quite irregular since my stem cell transplant. hot or cold etc... I certainly feel the cold more. Hopefully this will be sorted out eventually.

[Petrushka]

It's May and woolly hats, gloves and scarf are the order of the day here with a cold, cold wind pushing the temperature down even more. Apart from a couple of nice days we've never really got out of winter up here. Heating has never yet been off and the Berghaus has not yet been put into storage.

Where is Spring?

[DracoM]

Yup, same oop ere.
Cloudless skies or nearly, and a roaring wind NE, which BBC / Met Office keeps insisting is a 'breeze'. Oh really?
Tried turning off central heating - May 1st and all that - back on four days later - and that was the much-shivering, much-turned-down thermostat wot did it, untouched by human hand.

[Serial_Apologist]

Well I have to say that, rain in the SW today apart, and a bit more cloud up o'er DracoMsville, it's more of the same for about another week, after which I'm predicting a turn to the more usual cycle of southwesterlies carrying changeable weather, meaning proper much-needed rain at last, and temperatures nearer what they should be by the middle of May to all parts.

[BBMmk2]

I always say we will wait and see, SA! Great own these parts today. Really warmed up around lunchtime. Went down to Goring and had lunch down by a coastal café, which wasn't too bad.

[Serial_Apologist]

I always say we will wait and see, SA! Great own these parts today. Really warmed up around lunchtime. Went down to Goring and had lunch down by a coastal café, which wasn't too bad.

Ah, the Goring Gap! Didn't Lonnie Donegan sing about that? Oh no, that was the Cumberland Gap. Wrong part of England. Goring is when Spanish bulls get their own back.

[alycidon]

Where is Spring?

Well, since you ask the question, Pet, it is up here in the north of Scotland. We have spent most of the week in the garden on our sun beds, and at times the heat has been quite vicious. I don't like to sound boastful, and feel really sorry for all you folk who are suffering at the moment, but I thought that I had better answer your question.

Hopefully, it will be your turns next, and quickly.

[cloughie]

Well, since you ask the question, Pet, it is up here in the north of Scotland. We have spent most of the week in the garden on our sun beds, and at times the heat has been quite vicious. I don't like to sound boastful, and feel really sorry for all you folk who are suffering at the moment, but I thought that I had better answer your question.

Hopefully, it will be your turns next, and quickly.

Today I chose to give Helston Flora Day a miss on a cold wet day.